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Re: FW: bq Aquaris E4.5 - Battery Life

 

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Simos Xenitellis <
simos.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> First, check which "image" you are running. This should be in the
> Settings/About/OS Details (not sure the exact names, I use my phone in
> Greek).
> In my case, I run release "20" of the Ubuntu Touch image which should
> be the latest.
>
>
​Please note that we recently ota'd fixes addressing battery life. Might be
a good idea to check whether your phone is up to date.
​


> Then, it's up to what apps you have installed on the phone. Some apps
> may wake the phone from deep sleep,
> which has the effect of depleting the battery.
>

​That is actually not true, ​

​our lifecycle prevents that entirely.
​
Cheers,

  T

Also, if you have two SIMs, then it would take more power than a single SIM.
> In addition, if you do not have good reception in one of the SIMs,
> then the phone firmware
> will expend more energy in order to keep a connection with the base
> station.
> Therefore, it is difficult to say what could be going on.
>
> In any case, you can take a screenshot (press both Vol+/Vol-) of the
> Settings→Battery graph
> which shows the progression of battery use, and you can keep for your
> records.
>
> There is an additional tool for developers to check performance issues
> and it can show if/when the phone gets out of deep sleep.
> I do not have the URL handy though.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Simos
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Heroldich Robin <robinhero@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Hi all!
> >
> > First I would like to say thanks you to everyone who involved this
> project,
> > it is wonderful. :)
> > My bq phone arrived yesterday, and it is fantastic, I really like it. But
> > the battery life is terrible. I poweroff everything (GPS, location, wifi,
> > mobiledata, bluetooth) when I was going to sleep last night. The battery
> was
> > full (100%), and now 8 hours later it is 76%. So the battery discharged
> 24%
> > in 8 hours without any interaction. Is it 3% per hour. Is it "normal"?
> So If
> > I don't do anything with my phone, just leave it alone on my desk, it'll
> > only work for about 33 hours? It isn't good. My Android phone with
> similar
> > parameters can operate for about 3 days without interactions.
> >
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